Florida legal term
Firefighter in Florida Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Florida legislative session
In Florida criminal law, “Firefighter” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Florida criminal code.
What does “Firefighter” mean in Florida criminal law?
“Firefighter” means any person employed by any public employer of this state whose duty it is to extinguish fires; to protect life or property; or to enforce municipal, county, and state fire prevention codes, as well as any law pertaining to the prevention and control of fires.(c) “Hospital personnel” means a health care practitioner as defined in s. 456.001, an employee, an agent, or a volunteer who is employed, under contract, or otherwise authorized by a hospital, as defined in s. 395.002, to perform duties directly associated with the care and treatment rendered by any department of a hos (Fla. Stat. § 784.07)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Approaching a first responder with specified intent after a warning
- Arson resulting in injury to another; penalty
- Court-ordered sealing of criminal history records
- Dangerous fentanyl exposure of first responder resulting in overdose or serious bodily injury
- False personation
- Manslaughter; aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult; aggravated manslaughter of a child; aggravated manslaughter of an officer, a firefighter, an emergency medical technician, or a paramedic
- Planting of “hoax bomb” prohibited; penalties
- Preventing or obstructing extinguishment of fire
- Threats or harassment
- Unlawful throwing, projecting, placing, or discharging of destructive device or bomb that results in injury to another; penalty
- Court-ordered expunction of criminal history records
Related terms in the same statutes
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